Asclepias purpurascens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Asclepias
Species: Asclepias purpurascens

Name

Asclepias purpurascens L., 1753

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Asclepias amoena L., Sp. Pl.: 214 (1753).
    • Asclepias compressa Moench, Methodus: 717 (1794).
    • Asclepias dasypus Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 152 (1832).
    • Asclepias gonalis Raf., Autik. Bot.: 178 (1840).
    • Asclepias lasiotis Raf., Autik. Bot.: 178 (1840).

Homonyms

  • Asclepias purpurascens Georgi = Vincetoxicum purpurascens C. Morr. & Decne.
  • Asclepias purpurascens Walt. = Asclepias solanoana Woods.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • USA (Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Ontario)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

English: purple milkweed
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